Just got some Hope braided hoses and was wondering what was best to cut them with.

Instructions suggests ‘hook’ type wire cutters but I can’t seem to find any.

Suggestions please.

I bought mine from Fleabay and they are great!

CLICKY!

Cheers. They look ideal.

Have you tried them on braided hoses?

That’s what I bought them for and they went through it like a hot knife through butter – also used them on gear cabling etc. and it all good!

Nice one.

Thanks for the input.

Normal bicycle-type cable cutters will do the job. A single, firm cut should suffice, but you can help to eliminate any flaring/compression by wrapping a piece of electrical tape at the point you’re cutting. Here’s a guide I did for fitting Hope hoses, in case you need it.

Record WC6 – the original.
Plenty of copies but none better.

Thanks Three Fish. Have ordered some new cutters anyway (you can never have too many tools).

That’s a great help.